We are campaigning to have Keytruda fast tracked on the PBS for Mesothelioma (Asbestos cancer) and other rare less common cancers (RLC) as it has shown great promise in treating these cancers and need your help to do so. I, Lou Williams, believe those living with Mesothelioma and other RLC should have the option of this drug Keytruda (in discussion with their oncologist) and not have the worry of finding the expensive funds to have the infusion every three weeks. It has shown to kickstart the immune system and in turn fight the cancer cells. It has done this with me - I have peritoneal and pleural mesothelioma and was literally on death's door! Keytruda gave me excellent quality of life for 12 months. I now am able to have a new chemotherapy regime to target tumour activity inside my lungs because my immune system is very strong thanks to having Keytruda for 12 months. I have no pain, do not need any oxygen and have excellent quality of life thanks to Keytruda. If I need further Keytruda I will be able to access it at a later date.

Daily I am contacted by others with Mesothelioma wanting to have Keytruda and because of the expense cannot do so. Mesothelioma cancer is brutal, aggressive and very painful, we simply do not have the time to put our life on hold until the Keytruda issue is 'debated'. Please sign and continue to share this petition. Thank you.

Currently Keytruda is on PBS for Melanoma cancer only as of Sept 2015). Melanoma patients now pay $6 for infusions of Keytruda while patients who are having Keytruda as a life saving drug pay $5,000 to $10,000 per infusion of Keytruda!

I want to ensure I am here for them now and well into the future. I know with the right treatment there is hope. Hope that I may be able to continue to breathe and take in each day and all life has to offer. Unfortunately, this treatment is not accessible to the average person, because the system here in Australia continues to discriminate. With no government funding for my treatment, I must rely on the charity of others.

(Unfortunately Tanya passed away 23 September 2015, she campaigned for funds to have Keytruda and unfortunately became too ill to be given Keytruda at such a late stage in her illness).

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